Some guy who doesn’t know much about basketball wrote an article in a paper no one’s heard about basically suggesting that it’s “time” to trade Steve Nash. Umm, really?

In one short series, they’ve become too old, too slow. And ever since Nash arrived from Dallas, this team hasn’t had a clue about defence under coach Mike DuhAntoni, as the more caustic bloggers are calling him.

General manager Steve Kerr has virtually no room to move given the weight of Shaquille O’Neal’s contract and perhaps the best way to bring in some new talent would be to try to move Nash to a team that is close in trade for some young players.

What appeared two weeks ago to be a team that had the possibility of dethroning the defending champion Spurs turned on the health of one player, Grant Hill.

So, first of all, Nash is still one of the best in the League. Who would they get for him? Rajon Rondo? Irony of ironies. Secondly, so is D’Antoni. Who would they replace him with? Rick Carlisle? Come on.

They’re down 3-0 to the defending Champs, a team led by the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest coaches of all time. It happens. They’ll retool in the summer, pick up some veterans, and take another crack at it with a full season to get used to Shaq. Amare will be an MVP candidate. Veteran X will sing the praises of the Suns’ medical staff. And then they’ll get a fair crack at the playoffs. If they lose next year, too? They’ll be joined by 28 other teams in the same boat as them.

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I have learned two things.